Chicago x D3 D4

December 24, 2013 by greysuitcase in Food, Travel

We paid a visit to the Field Museum on the third day. The museum is huge and they have many interesting exhibits to see. The T-Rex fossil kinda reminded me of the movie The Night at the Museum. I wish we had more time but because we're trying to visit other places, our schedule was packed and we rushed through our visit a little bit.

Afterwards, we headed to Giordano's for some Chicago's signature deep dish pizza. We had to wait for an hour or so so we split up and walked around the area. Some did shopping some just went to the nearest Starbucks to wait and rested our legs. The restaurant called us when our table were ready and we headed back to the place. The food wasn't bad, but I think it was different than what I expected. I wasn't mind blown.

After dinner was over, we headed back to our hotel because we were done for the day. All the walking around took a toll on us that night so we decided to turned in for the night.

Next day, we went for brunch before we go to the airport. We thought filling our stomach before a couple of hours flight might be a good idea especially knowing how sucky airplane food can be. We went to Over Easy for brunch. The food was really good. All of us were satisfied with what we ordered. It was a good ending to the trip.

Chicago x D2

December 22, 2013 by greysuitcase in Food, Travel

Next day, we started our day with brunch. We went to M. Henry for some new american food. The place was pretty packed and we have to wait a couple of minutes for our tables. I'm usually the type of person who doesn't eat breakfast, but since we're skipping lunch, I guess I just have to deal with brunch for today.

After stuffing our stomach with all those food, we drove to downtown and started to explore the area. We went to Chicago river, Cloud Gate, and Navy Pier (and their surrounding areas) on foot. There was a lot, and by a lot I mean A LOT, of walking involved that day. The hot temperature didn't help to make it easy either. One thing that I felt when we roamed around the downtown area was feeling sooo small. Chicago is probably one of the cities that has the tallest buildings that I've ever visited. Everywhere you look, you could probably easily spot tall buildings. I felt shorter than usual walking around those buildings.

Since we ate pretty early today and didn't have anything after our brunch, I got really hungry after walking around. So we decided to stopped by Wow Bao that happened to be on the way. I seriously felt like I was going to faint since my stomach was pretty empty. The place have a good selections of chinese buns, which were perfect for snacking before our late dinner reservation.

and then on with our journey...

Then we stopped by Magnolia Bakery, which supposedly has the best banana puding. But we got there pretty late in the afternoon so they sold out. The place was really nice though. I like the interior of the bakery.

Then we went to one of the Garrett Popcorn shops, one of the common souvenirs tourists took home with them when they visit Chicago.

Then when it was dark enough, we made our way to the Skydeck to see the night view of Chicago. Since it was the holiday weekend, there were so many people there. There were a lot of lining up, pushing, and shoving involved just to stand on the glass boxes. It was mad. Wouldn't recommend to go there during weekends or holidays.

Then, we headed to Purple Pig for our late dinner.

*Chicken Thigh Kebabs, Fried Smashed Potatoes & Tzatziki*

and that's day 2.

Chicago on the 4th

December 17, 2013 by greysuitcase in Food, Travel

On 4th of July, I flew to Chicago with a couple of friends to visit a friend of mine. We arrived in the afternoon and went to Ming Hin Restaurant in Chinatown for dinner. Supposedly, the restaurant is pretty famous according to my local friend and the food was really good. Afterwards, we stopped by Joy Yee for some bubble tea since it's in the same area. Their bubble tea is really good.

We were originally planning to go watch the fireworks after dinner, but we were a little too late since people already filled up the pier and the police closed the streets. So we were in the area, heard the fireworks sound, but fail to see any in any directions. I blame the tall Chicago buildings. They practically made it impossible for your to see far without any obstruction. Since we were also already tired from the trip, we went to our hotel and checked-in instead and call it a night.